Keynote Speaker/Workshop Leader. (2010, August 17). Strengthening student writing@TSU: New media in the writing classroom. Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.
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A one-day workshop to lead 30 faculty in the Languages, Literature, and Philosophy department in creating multimodal assignments for their writing classes.
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Roundtable (two sessions). (2010, August 16). The successful researcher. New Faculty Orientation, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
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Participating with VP of Research for Illinois State University, I spoke to new faculty members (in a morning and afternoon session) about personal and professional strategies for being a successful researcher at Illinois State.
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Appointed Member. (2008–09). New Leadership Board of the Economic Development Council, Bloomington-Normal, IL.
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The New Leadership Board (NLB) is an advisory group of people ages 17-39 who work with the Economic Development Council leadership to establish an additional set of priorities for the economic future of the Bloomington-Normal area. The goal is to create a generational dialogue and provide ongoing input to the area’s business, economic and political leadership regarding these emerging generations’ concerns, bringing a voice to this untapped resource. Split into four half-day sessions, NLB members researched and wrote white papers on the following topics:
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2009, April 2). Preparing your online faculty presence. University of Findlay, Findlay, OH.
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While at Findlay giving a talk on why to prepare an online portfolio, I also gave a workshop to interested faculty in how to prepare such a portfolio using the blogging platform WordPress (using my own portfolio as an example).
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Ball, Cheryl E., & Ellison, Katherine. (2009, January 31). Video poetry: Turning print literature into digital media. Expanding Your Horizons through Math, Science, and Technology Conference. Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
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Two one-hour workshops for girls ages 8-13 who are interested in math and sciences. Ellison and I introduced them to the concept of digital humanities, providing them with sample videos and graphics that they could remix, based on a theme of civil rights (since the workshop was close upon the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday).
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, December 10). Preparing digital scholarship for submission to Kairos. Department of English, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
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An invited workshop on issues in digital scholarship and submitting to Kairos. Presented to faculty and graduate students, in a two-hour overview and Q&A.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, November 8). Digital publishing. Department of English, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH.
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While at Miami University of Ohio, giving a lecture on evaluating digital scholarship, I spoke with the graduate students and junior faculty about how to publish in online journals, from concepts and prototypes to editor queries and submission.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, February 2). The academic job market Q&A. Department of English, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
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While at OSU to give a Visiting Scholar lecture, I also met with the graduate students to provide them an overview of going on the job market in English Studies, with a particular emphasis in rhetoric, composition, literacy studies, and digital media.
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Ball, Cheryl E.; Gudding, Gabriel; et al. (2007, October 19). How to get published? Graduate Forum, Department of English. Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
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An overview and Q&A with graduate students on how to query, submit, work with editors, and follow through on publishing in a variety of English studies journals.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, October 11). What’s new in rhetoric and composition?: New media studies. Writing Program Professional Development Event, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
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A panel session with several guest speakers discussing different areas of rhet/comp that are current. My presentation focused on implementing new media composition practices into first-year writing courses. The audience for this professional development event were graduate students and non-tenure track faculty teaching first-year composition.
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Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan. (2006, November 14). Teaching writing with technology. Graduate Teaching Assistant Practicum, English Department. Utah State University.
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A one-hour workshop for graduate students teaching first- and second-year composition in the English department at Utah State University. Ball and Moeller overview current theories and practices of teaching writing using networked technologies such as discussion boards, multimedia composition programs, and web resources.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2004, November 13). Adobe InDesign. STC Student Chapter, Utah State University.
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A follow-up to the CV workshop, providing students with a brief tutorial on how to use InDesign to professionally design print documents.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2004, October 16). CV workshop. Graduate Professional Development, Utah State University.
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A one-hour workshop for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in technical communication on how to use InDesign to design a professional-looking résumé.
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Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, June 23–28). Instructor, New Media Writing Studio. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.
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I was invited to lead this one-week, studio-style institute for faculty members across the curriculum to compose and teach using digital media.
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Ball, Cheryl E, & Ellison, Katherine. (2009, May). Sigma Tau Delta Award for Mentoring. Illinois State University.
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Dr. Ellison and I have been leading job-market workshops for graduating PhD students since Fall of 2007. We were recognized for our mentorship in these volunteer positions.
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